hihi! as our fest's submission deadline is november 1st at 00:00 KST, december would unfortunately be too late to join this round of slickfest, but it sounds like our off-season would be perfect for you! our off-season is an (unmoderated) period between official rounds where writers can still work and publish slickfest prompts! once our off-season opens, you can start working on a leftover prompt without needing to fill out a claiming form and you'll be able to post your fic to our dedicated off-season collection, here is the one from past rounds! you can read a more detailed explanation of our off-season here and here!

however, keep in mind that, since our claiming period for those who are able to publish during our round #3 is currently still open, it isn't 100% guaranteed that the prompts you're eyeing will still be available by december, so it's important that, when you're ready to start writing, you double-check that the prompts you were interested in are still waiting for you ^^ so, to sum it up, if you're not able to publish before the round's deadline, you don't need to fill out a claiming form now, but you can wait until we open our off-season and join then! we hope this answers your question, if you have any further concerns, feel free to reach out and we will be happy to help ^^